Ronald,
Ah yes, the great african heist—your claim to fame. Did RIPE or AFRINIC ever
express their thanks for your great work?
https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/db-wg/PDQ2NzQ5LjE2MTE5NDA4NTNAc2VnZmF1bHQudHJpc3RhdGVsb2dpYy5jb20+
I hope so, because then something else would have to explain your
self-aggrandizement. If not, well… now we know where your grabs at self
importance come from. But what you really have just done is to expose AFRINIC
as being corrupted since its second ever employee, Ernest Byaruhanga. As much
as I wish for Africa to develop her internet, her attempts to recall IP spaces
back to her domain is too little, too late. It’s time to look forward and
accept its losses. The current litigation with Cloud is a perfect example. How
can AFRINIC justify putting both global internet stability AND African internet
stability at risk? Mind you, according to your work, 1/6 of Cloud’s IP spaces
route through AFRICA. We are talking *millions* of users inside and outside
AFRICA. And besides, according to the RSA with Cloud, there’s not much legal
footing for AFRINIC contending the allocated spaces being used outside Africa
is in violation because it isn’t explicitly said so. This interpretation of the
RSA is at the heart of the issue. Regardless, these spaces are already out in
the wild. It’s time for AFRINIC to learn from its policy mistakes, prevent
further fraud (especially from the inside), and to look at the bigger picture
globally. If it wants those IP spaces back, then buy them back. I’m sure Noah’s
PayPal contribution can start the trend.
-Brian
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